Back in August 2018, Deep Silver announced it was bringing Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package to the Nintendo Switch. As exciting as this was for fans of the series, at the time we couldn't help but question why the third entry was selected instead of the sequel, Saints Row IV.

Now, less than a year after the third game's release on Nintendo's hybrid system, French retailer Cultura has listed the fourth game in the series for the Switch. It's titled Saints Row IV: Re-Elected – which is the version that includes all of the existing downloadable content.

Although this listing has now been removed, a distributor (also located in France) has put up its own listing for the Switch version of Re-Elected. It gets a bit weird here, with a PS4 listing for the game (which has been out since 2015) seemingly revealing the release date of the Switch version: 27th March 2020.

This follows the news BioShock: The Collection could be coming to the Switch, after it was rated in Taiwan. Would you like to see the fourth Saints Row make its way across to the Switch? Comment down below.

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The Australian version is censored however due to the presence of an anal probe (which was deemed to constitute "sexual violence"), so now I'm curious as to how this will be handled.

EDIT: Whoops, sorry. Just to clarify, only the use of "alien narcotics" was censored. The Review Board approved of the use of the anal probe, but also considered the use of alien narcotics to be objectionable and proceeded to ban the game as well. Only the use of alien narcotics (yeah, seriously) has been removed from the Australian release.

Not personally interested in Saint's Row, but I would be glad to see it on Switch. Just having more options and genre variety is good for the platform - and if Switch does well, that means more games for us.

I'm glad to see all these possibilities, even if Saints Row isn't my kind of game. I'm sad that so much is potentially getting leaked, though. I'm still hoping for some surprises in the Direct. Bayonetta 3 full reveal, pls!

After we got SR3 I really don't care. The first two games were the best, the third kind of felt like a parody of them but it played great and still felt like Saints Row. The fourth game however... that felt like a completely different game. They went in this weird sci-fi direction with that one and turned the world into this alien invasion theme. I think the series lost all it's charm with that.

I didn't mind SR4, so I'd probably grab it if it's on cartridge. If it doesn't actually come to Switch, I'm not gonna be too disappointed although I hope it does because that could increase probability of SR5 coming to Switch. Looking forward to Deep Silver's news this year.

Fine, but this time, I hope they don't take anything out no matter how trivial! If someone doesn't want one of the extras (like the vampire and invincibility modes), there should just be an option to turn it off.

I love the Saints Row series. Pure open-world fun that doesn't take itself too seriously. I like how you can unlock the most insane powers to do literally what you want quite early in the game, and the character customization is really something.

I've already played this one too so I'll pass but if you haven't tried it you should !

Basically:
Initial uncut submission: Banned due to "sexual violence" and drug use
Reviewed uncut decision: Banned due to drug use (the Review Board raised no objection to the use of the anal probe)
Cut submission: Drug use has been removed as per the previous two banned decisions, but leaves in use of anal probe as approved by the Review Board; classified MA15+ for "Strong violence, gaming experience may change online"
IV: Re-Elected submission: Pre-cut by the distributor, and classified MA15+ for "Strong violence, online interactivity"

@MuhBael I heard that, on PC the game is a monsterous 150GB, so while I don't buy the line that the Switch couldn't run it - I question if it could possibly be optimized and downscaled enough to even fit on a 64GB card - which I heard was coming. That would still be cutting it down more than half.

I don't care how good the game is - 150GB is outrageous and I find it hard to believe that they really needed so much space. Even with 4K textures and such on PC.

@Heavyarms55 : DOOM (2016) is about 77GB on PC, but the Switch version of the single-player campaign (as supplied on cartridge) contains about 12GB of data. Add patches and the multiplayer maps, and you're looking at about 24GB in total.

It isn't inconceivable that other lofty PC games can be squeezed down to a small fraction of the size for a Switch release. Most third party developers skimp on audio quality (and supported languages) to cut down on cartridge size.

Ideally, games such as Smash Ultimate should have shipped on 32GB cartridges with lossless audio, but Nintendo compressed it to hell (about 30 hours of music squeezed down to about 1.4GB!!), which would have substantially reduced the file size to the detriment to the quality of the package (the music sounds extremely flat; the Wii and Wii U iterations have better audio!).

Saint's Row 3 was a big surprise hit for me, really enjoyed it and I wasn't bothered by - and rarely noticed - any of the performance issues that troubled others. I just had a brains out blast with it. Burt ******* Reynolds!

IV has varying reviews concerning the game breaking powers but I'd definitely buy it if it comes to Switch.

@BionicDodo In that case, I'm almost certain it's a mistake. I just don't see GTA 6 happening when 5 is still selling like crazy and if it did, I don't see it coming to Switch, but rather being a launch or shortly after, title on PS5 and Xbox Burgundy.

I never played this one. I know you're mostly flying or running around but was disappointed they removed my fav radio station from number 3. I may get it this time around. I always wanted to try Gat Out of Hell more. No chance of that?

Saint's Row 3 was a disaster on the Switch, so I don't have high hopes for this.Low frame rate + high input lag = unplayable for an action game. Anytime you drive a vehicle it's just painful.Plus, as a SR newbie hoping that it would fill the GTA-shaped hole in the Switch library... Well the utter lack of character, charm, or depth in the city just makes the absence of a real GTA all the more cutting.

@Dm9982 IV isn't really better or worse than the previous games, it's just different. Instead of an over the top GTA parody, it's an over the top superhero game with cartoony gangsters. I like it more than 3, maybe a little less than 2, but it's more a matter of opinion than quality.